Security Security Platforms

By Amanda Field If you’re a cell-phone-toting American—and most of us are—you likely received this “Presidential Alert” text on Wednesday: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” Publicized as a direct message from President Trump to your cell phone, the text was in fact sent by FEMA

By Jared Shelly Imagine walking through a busy train station. You work your way through the crowds, buy a coffee, and finally get to the platform. You didn’t arrive an hour early, remove your shoes, or have your bag scanned — but that didn’t stop a team of security professionals from screening you for weapons

By Mark Wolverton In the 1970 science fiction film “Colossus: The Forbin Project,” the United States decides to turn over control of its strategic arsenal to Colossus, a massive supercomputer. Big mistake. Almost immediately it becomes clear that, as its creator Dr. Charles Forbin says, “Colossus is built even better than we thought.” In fact, it’s

The back-to-school shopping lists of districts nationwide are long, confusing and expensive, but one popular item seems tailor-made to this new digital age: safety apps. Used by schools, offices, and private citizens, these apps aim to connect the individual to the wider community in times of crisis. In June, Suffolk County in New York raised

Weapons scanning in public places seems to be hitting a tipping point, moving beyond schools and airports and onto public transit. This week, NPR reported that the Los Angeles public transit system said it would be the first in the U.S. to use millimeter wave scanners to screen Metro riders for suspicious objects as they